The federal government shutdown closed access to Volk Field Air National Guard Base that left organizers of the Veterans D.O.R.A. Powwow with an unexpected challenge.
Powwow organizer Michael Day said he learned from Volk Field staff that only active military personnel would be allowed on base during the shutdown.
“They called and said, ‘We just can’t do it,” Day told Native News Online. “So, we got together and said, ‘Okay, we’ll find another way.”…